#sī nēmō hāc praeteriīt, postquam intrō abiī, cistella hīc iacēret#, Pl.
_Cist._ 683, _if nobody has passed along this way, since I went in,
a casket must have been lying here_ (1560). #nam cūr tam variae rēs
possent esse requīrō, ex ūnō sī sunt ignī pūrōque creātae?# Lucr. 1,
645, _for how could things so motley be, I ask, if they are made of pure
and simple fire_ (1565)?